More white crosses have been added to the Tauranga waterfront Field of Remembrance. Photo / John Borren
More white crosses have been added to the Tauranga waterfront Field of Remembrance. Photo / John Borren
Six more fallen soldiers have been honoured with white crosses to mark their sacrifices at Tauranga's waterfront Field of Remembrance.
Today, white crosses were added bearing the names of Ernest Cooper, William Joseph Cunningham, Cecil Guinness, Sydney Carl Jordan, Evan McRoberts and Albert Samuel Wasley.
Bombardier Cooper, who emigratedto New Zealand from England in 1912, and lived in Gate Pa, enlisted with the Royal Field Artillery's 50th Battalion Royal Field Artillery.
He was killed in action in France on October 9, 1917, aged 20.
Private Cunningham, who enlisted in the New Zealand Medical Corps on January 12, 1916, was killed in action on January 12, 1917, in Belgium. He was aged 35.
Private William Joseph Cunningham. Photo/ Tauranga City Council
Corporal Guinness enlisted with the Auckland Infantry Battalion from Tauranga on January 12, 1915. He was killed in action in Belgium on October 19, 1917. He was 23.
Corporal Cecil Guinness. Photo / Tauranga City Council
Prior to enlistment, Corporal Guinness was active in the Tauranga Volunteer Fire Brigade.
Corporal Jordan enlisted with NZ Rifle Brigade's 2nd Battalion on May 31, 1915.
The 2nd Battalion was part of the first Battle of Passchendaele on October 12, 1917, and a court of enquiry found that Corporal Jordan was killed in action that day in France.
McRoberts, a 2nd Lieutenant with Auckland Infantry Regiment, enlisted on April 7, 1916.
Evan McRoberts, a 2nd Lieutenant. Photo/Supplied
He was killed in action in France on October 4, 1917, age 33.
His brother Wilfred died in November 1918 from influenza.
Lance Corporal Wasley enlisted with the Auckland Infantry Regiment on February 9, 1916.
He was reported missing believed dead in Belgium on October 4, 1917. He was 27.
By Armistice Day on November 11, 109 crosses will have been erected at the waterfront as part of city commemorations to mark 100 years since the end of World War I.
